January 10, 2017MashableComments Off on WeChat beats Google to the punch, releases apps that don't need downloading or installing0 Views

Click on a link in China’s top messaging app, WeChat, and you’ll be taken to a rich app-like experience, but without needing to download or install anything. Tencent, WeChat’s maker, on Monday released “mini programs” (Apple wouldn’t allow the word “app” to be used, it seems.) SEE ALSO: Why Snap opened an office in China The new mini programs work within the messaging app, and the early crop at launch include a Prisma-like photo editing…